Topic: Religion - on May 23, 2014 at 1:34:00 PM CEST
Conchita Wurst's Eurovision 2014 win caused Balkan floods, says Serbian Church leader
The floods which devastated towns and cities in the Balkans, and killed at least 50 people, were a 'punishment' from God after drag artist Conchita Wurst won Eurovision 2014, the Patriarch and other senior figures of the Serbian Orthodox Church have claimed.
Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian church reportedly said that God sent the deluge as a “divine punishment for their [the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, transgender (LGBT) community’s] vices” Pink News reported via the Economist.
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Topic: SECURITY - on May 22, 2014 at 3:06:00 PM CEST
Secrets, lies and Snowden's email: why I was forced to shut down Lavabit
For the first time, the founder of an encrypted email startup that was supposed to insure privacy for all reveals how the FBI and the US legal system made sure we don't have the right to much privacy in the first place
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Topic: ART - on May 22, 2014 at 3:04:00 PM CEST
Angeblich nur acht Bilder unter Raubkunst-Verdacht
Im Streit um NS-Raubkunst im Erbe des verstorbenen Kunstsammlers Cornelius Gurlitt hat sich dessen Betreuer Christoph Edel geäußert - er sieht nur bei wenigen Werken einen "verfolgungsbedingten Entzug".
Düsseldorf/Hamburg - In der Sammlung von Cornelius Gurlitt stehen seinem vormaligen Betreuer, dem Rechtsanwalt Christoph Edel, zufolge nach derzeitigen Erkenntnissen nur wenige Bilder unter Raubkunst-Verdacht. "Nach derzeitigem Stand muss lediglich bei acht Werken ein NS-verfolgungsbedingter Entzug angenommen werden", sagte Edel in der Trauerrede für den verstorbenen Kunstsammler am Montag in Düsseldorf, die jetzt von Gurlitts ehemaligem Sprecher Stephan Holzinger veröffentlicht wurde. "Ob weitere Werke dazukommen, muss die laufende Forschung ergeben", heißt es darin.
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Topic: DRUGS - on May 21, 2014 at 4:59:00 PM CEST
Methamphetamine trafficking increases, new psychoactive substances flood markets, according to new UNODC report
Synthetic drugs are taking an ever-greater share of the illicit drugs market, according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). New psychoactive substances (NPS) are also flooding a market for synthetic drugs long dominated by amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS), such as ecstasy and methamphetamine, which are more widely used than cocaine, opium or heroin.
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Topic: DRUGS - on May 21, 2014 at 4:57:00 PM CEST
FBI 'could hire hackers on cannabis' to fight cybercrime
The FBI has reportedly said it is "grappling with the question" of whether to hire cybersecurity experts who use cannabis.
The US agency's current policy prohibits anyone working for it who has used cannabis in the past three years.
However, its director James Comey has acknowledged that this is complicating its efforts to recruit hacking experts, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Topic: DRUGS - on May 21, 2014 at 4:55:00 PM CEST
FBI findet nur Kiffer für Cybercrime-Abteilung
Um eine schlagkräftige Truppe gegen Cyberkriminelle aufbauen zu können, sind beim FBI künftig auch Bewerbungen von Marihuana-Konsumenten willkommen.
Anfang der Woche hat das FBI einen seiner größten Erfolge im Internet gefeiert: Mehr als 90 Cyber-Kriminelle, die illegale Hacking-Software hergestellt und zu Spottpreisen verkauft haben, wurden weltweit verhaftet. Doch es könnte der letzte große Coup in absehbarer Zeit gewesen sein, warnt FBI-Direktor James B. Comey.
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Topic: DRUGS - on May 20, 2014 at 3:34:00 PM CEST
Hanf-Legalisierung: Mit Facebook zu einer Million Euro
Georg Wurth vom deutschen Hanfverband erklärt, wie er per Online-Voting zu einer Million Euro kam und wie das Geld nun zur Cannabislegalisierung eingesetzt werden soll.
Bei der gefloppten TV-Sendung “Millionärswahl” von ProSiebenSat.1 wurde Georg Wurth, Chef des deutschen Hanfverbandes, Anfang des Jahres per Online- und Telefonvoting zum Sieger gewählt - er gewann eine Million Euro für sein Anliegen, Cannabis zu legalisieren. Die futurezone hat Wurth kürzlich im Rahmen der Internetkonferenz re:publica in Berlin zum Interview getroffen. Der Cannabis-Aktivist spricht darüber, was er nun mit dem Geld machen will, warum ihm die Hanf-Legalisierung ein solches Anliegen ist und welche Rolle Facebook bei all dem spielt.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on May 20, 2014 at 3:32:00 PM CEST
136 Years of Special Effects Evolution in a Three-Minute Video
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Topic: PHOTO - on May 20, 2014 at 3:27:00 PM CEST
The Ansel Adams Wilderness: A photographic tribute by Peter Essick
Esteemed National Geographic contributing photographer Peter Essick revisited the Ansel Adams Wilderness 75 years after Adams’s photographs made it famous, to pay tribute to Ansel Adams and the California sierra Nevada wilderness area named in his honor. These images come from his new book, ‘The Ansel Adams Wilderness.’ From the books’ introduction: “Like Adams, I am a native Californian familiar with the High Sierra, and some of my first successful photos were of this wilderness area (located between Yosemite National Park and Mammoth Lakes, and renamed for Adams following his death in 1984). For 25 years I have traveled throughout the world as a photographer for National Geographic magazine, but the High Sierra always has had a special place in my heart.”
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Topic: EU - on May 19, 2014 at 5:17:00 PM CEST
EU and US restart transatlantic trade talks
It would be the biggest trade deal of all, involving the world's two biggest developed economies - and it is very controversial.
American and European trade negotiators get back to business on Monday, as they work for a new trade agreement, called the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP for short.
Supporters see this as an opportunity to stimulate economic growth and raise incomes in the EU and the US.
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Topic: MUSIK - on May 18, 2014 at 6:08:00 PM CEST
Led Zeppelin is Officially Getting Sued Over ‘Stairway to Heaven’
"Stairway to Heaven" has a staple of rock radio for decades, and still gets regular airplay here at WZLX and all over the world. It's arguably the biggest rock song in history. But now, just before the song gets a new reissue, the band that for years has accused Led Zeppelin of stealing part of the song from them is finally lawyering up.
A detailed new report from Businessweek says the now-defunct California-based band Spirit is working with a team of lawyers to build a case against Led Zeppelin and take them to court over ‘Stairway', saying it ripped its iconic opening riff from a song they wrote back in 1968 called "Taurus".
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Topic: DRUGS - on May 18, 2014 at 5:53:00 PM CEST
New Cheech & Chong Movie in the Works
Tommy Chong tells CelebStoner that he and his comedy partner Cheech Marin are currently working with Super Troopers director Jay Chandrasekhar on the next Cheech & Chong movie.
"He's working a script right now for us," Chong explains. "We've had some preliminary meetings. It looks really good. It looks really funny. It's about us going to a festival called the Burning Joint. All sorts of shenanigans happen. It's going to be a lot of fun."
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